All I can say is that we are very disappointed.

We urge North Korea to recognize this practicality and to avoid exacerbating the situation by keeping its craft north of the line.

We are not encouraged.

The whole world sees Iraq responsible for the current crisis.

It’s hard to be optimistic. We are working as hard as we can.

The work on Iraq, the work on the Middle East peace process and on the Asian financial crisis continues with no effect.

Despite its claims that the people of Iraq are dying due to a lack of food and medicine, Saddam Hussein doesn’t hesitate to spend hundreds of millions of dollars for the entertainment of Baath Party...

he was subdued by force.

serious and intensive effort to try to make the key decisions necessary for us to put the peace process back on track.

The peace process is in trouble.

We have made clear that we believe that we already have the authority for a military strike, should such an option be chosen.

We’re not going to lose any sleep if Saddam Hussein suddenly isn’t their leader, from whatever reason. No tears will be shed.

The procedural hurdle that emerged yesterday has been overcome and we are proceeding apace.

sooner rather than later.

We’re talking about many, many hundreds of pieces of equipment over the limits in the armor-combat-vehicle category.

Secretary Albright had asked Ambassador Ross to travel to the region this week. Of course, she will be following the situation closely.

We welcome Ocalan’s arrest as an important step in the fight against global terrorism. The U.S. designated the PKK as a foreign terrorist organization under the 1996 Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act.

These actions taken as a whole are contrary to the direction that China has been urged to take by the world,

We dismissed those ridiculous numbers out of hand, … We are not going to pay compensation to confirm that they are living up to their obligations under this important nuclear agreement.

We have urged both sides to exercise restraint and to avoid inflammatory actions that would heighten tensions and fuel a missile arms race. Missile tests would not be helpful to efforts to reduce tensions and...

He had no indication of anything amiss before he left, as far as I know.

the essential task of ensuring that Iraq does not rearm and is disarmed.

That whole process of bringing the people together has been frozen,

well intentioned, but misguided.